[b] Outside Relin [/b]

Over a week had passed since Axel had unearthed the information that led him to unearth (such pun) a relatively large section of the Relin tundra. The workers he had hired had done a rather impressive job clearing the ground. The hole, a square, was about 40 feet by 40 feet, with earthen steps cut into the eastern side, ladders scattering the other. Remnants of stone walls could still be seen in the earth around the centerpiece, the piece they had painstakingly uncovered - a large, ornate black gate.

It was much like the gate that had been uncovered in Rebena, but Axel didn't know anything about that. Most assumed there had only ever been one Black Gate, but Axel was in for a rude awakening.